Avalanche: Turnagain, Girdwood

Location: Lookers right of Byron glacier

Date:
Observer:
Bayne Salmon
Route & General Observations

On our exit from hiking on the glacier trail just at the benches where the trail end I observed three avalanches in the span of about 5 minutes.

Avalanche Details
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Trigger NaturalRemote Trigger0
Avalanche Type Dry Loose SnowAspect Unknown
ElevationunknownSlope Angleunknown
Crown DepthunknownWidthunknown
Vertical Rununknown  
Red Flags
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Obvious signs of instability
Recent Avalanches?Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?No
Location


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